[js1138]

This claim is that Darwin was using Dialectic Materialism to formulate his theory. It's a similar if still ridiculous accusation.

Actually Darwin modeled natural selection from the invisible hand of Aadm Smith. The evils of social Darwinism are the same as the evils of unmitigated cpitalism.

[CarolinaGuitarman]

"Actually Darwin modeled natural selection from the invisible hand of Adam Smith. The evils of social Darwinism are the same as the evils of unmitigated capitalism."

And guess where the economists of the later 18th century got many of their ideas about free markets and invisible hands: From naturalists studying the *economy of nature* as it was called (which included ideas like struggle).